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What Do The Recent Changes Announced In Cuba Mean For US Cuba Relations?

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Tags: Cuba, Al Fox, Johannes Werner, embargo, co-ops, oil

Cuba is calling workers across the island to special meetings so labor leaders can brief them on half a million government layoffs coming in the next six months and suggest ways that those fired can make a living.

Cuba announced two weeks ago that it would lay off 500,000 workers by March and loosen state controls on private enterprise so that many of those fired can find new jobs. It said it would also beef up the tax code and revamp state pay scales to better reward high job performance....